Ultimately the zoning matters if you plan to develop the lot, or sell to someone as a developable lot.  

Podcasts are great but go through other source - books, local REIA meetings, connecting with investors/Sponsors and developing your own set of relationships. 

Congress Heights - If this is for an investment property I would buy as close as possible to Congress Heights metro due to the development plan for St.

I'm a small and fairly new real estate developer in the NYC area.

The lenders will foreclose at some point and if you look them up, most of them are already in foreclosure by the banks.Also, an hoa having taken back 100 units is a terrible sign for the development/neighborhood.

There's a healthy flux of people moving north from Illinois, and the FoxConn development in Racine will likely continue to lure people from south of the border.

Your developments look intricate. 

However, the city and developers have been working over the course of four years on plans to move the fleet services building to another location.

I'm certain that the reputation I developed by honest dealings and timely payments with the bank(my primary lender) led to the consummation of that 10 unit deal(which I subsequently refinanced with the same bank about 2 years ago.)Good luck!

have you asked the developer why the project did not get Fannie approved?